Read by Janet McTeer, Martin Jarvis, Harriet Walter, Rosalind Ayres, Julie Christie, and Walter Lewis. Unabridged. Compact discs.
Contents:
(10:19). Simon / Patrick O'Brian (read by Martin Jarvis) (11:58) -- Shared credit / Frederic Raphael (read by Martin Jarvis) (10:25) -- The year's midnight / Helen Simpson (read by Harriet Walter) (15:51) -- A place for everything / Barry Unsworth (read by Janet McTeer) (19:26) -- The ghost of the rain forest / Barry Unsworth (read by Rosalind Ayres) (19:20) -- disc 2. A feeling for birds / Lisa St. Aubin de Teran (read by Janet McTeer) (14:41) -- Battlefields / Alan Sillitoe (read by Janet McTeer) (13:58) -- Who? / Fay Weldon (read by Julie Christie) (14:46) -- Mrs. Alcott dances naked in the rain / Rosie Thomas (read by Janet McTeer) (14:29) -- Presto Barbaro / Ronald Frame (read by Janet McTeer) (14:41) -- disc 3. Sea lion / Douglas Hurd (read by Martin Jarvis) (15:53) -- The sons of Upland Farm / George Mackay Brown (read by Martin Jarvis) (12:48) -- Dressing up / Angela Huth (read by Rosalind Ayres) (11:49) -- Twenty years / Doris Lessing (read by Rosalind Ayres) (12:38) -- Humphrey's mother / Penelope Mortimer (read by Martin Jarvis) (12:47) -- The hero / Joanna Trollope (read by Martin Jarvis) (12:45) -- disc 4. Shreds and slivers / Ruth Rendell (read by Martin Jarvis) (11:06) -- Brut Millésimé / Ludovic Kennedy (read by Rosalind Ayres) (11:28) -- On seeing the 100% perfect girl one beautiful April morning / Huraki Murakami (read by Walter Lewis) (11:07) -- Baglady / A.S. Byatt (read by Rosalind Ayres) (11:32) -- Hotel des voyageurs / William Boyd (read by Martin Jarvis) (11:49) -- Toy boy / Edwina Currie (read by Rosalind Ayres) (11:48) -- Simon / Patrick O'Brian (read by Martin Jarvis) (10:19).
Summary:
Unabridged stories of the very best of contemporary writers and writing.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.